Then when Paul had appealed to be kept unto the knowledge of Cesar. I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Cesar.
Tell us therefore: how thinkest thou? is it lawful to give tribute unto Cesar, or not?
¶ It followed in those days: that there went out a commandment from August the Emperor, that all the world should be valued.
Then said Agrippa unto Festus: This man might have been lowsed if he had not appealed unto Cesar.
but when the jewes cried contrary: I was constrained to appeal unto Cesar. Not because I had ought to accuse my people of.
¶ At my first answering for myself, no man assisted me, but all forsook me. I pray God, that it may not be laid to their charges: